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4th Eneco Tour - ProT
Netherlands and Belgium, August 20-27, 2008
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Stage 5 - August 25 : Ardooie (B) - Oostende (B), 167km
Westphal surprises in Oostende
By Susan Westemeyer
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Gerolsteiner's Carlo Westphal took his first professional victory in the fifth stage of the Eneco Tour. The 22-year-old outsprinted Belarus champion Yauheni Hutarovich (Française des Jeux) and Slovenian champion Borut Bozic on the windy 167 kilometre stage. Team Columbia's André Greipel padded his lead in the overall classification with a three second bonus at the last intermediate sprint.
Westphal fooled the sprinters by taking the win, but he himself was probably the most surprised of all. "I haven't really realized it yet," he said after the race. "I am very surprised that I won the sprint. I certainly did not expect it and didn't realize it when it happened. I didn't even celebrate at the finish line, I was so surprised."
"This is my first win as a professional. It's very important because my Gerolsteiner team is stopping at the end of the season and I haven't got a place with another team yet."
Greipel's young Norwegian team-mate Edvald Boasson Hagen, who had been in second overall, drew even with him through two one-second bonuses in the intermediate sprints but then failed to make the front group when strong cross-winds split the peloton. Only 40 riders stayed at the front of the race, and the remainder of the peloton simply gave up and finished nearly 15 minutes later. The peloton had already shrunk by a dozen riders at the start, with Tom Boonen, Daniele Bennati and several others quitting to head to Spain for the Vuelta. Glenn d'Hollander (Silence-Lotto) crashed on stage four and did not start due to his injuries.
The stage began with a tailwind, and despite the high speeds, Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank) and Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas) were able to escape at kilometre 19. As the course turned northward, the Quick Step team went to the front and split the race in two in the cross-winds. Notably absent at the front was Boasson Hagen, sprint leader Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) and best climber Floris Goesinnen (Skil-Shimano).
The split should have resulted in a stage win for Gert Steegmans, but the Quick Step train went off the rails, allowing Westphal to sneak in for his first win. Belgian champion Jurgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) took over the sprint classification and moved into third overall, while last year's winner José Iván Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) now sits in second, 11 seconds behind Greipel.
How it unfolded
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The shortest non-time trial stage of the Tour headed toward the North Sea, with the the riders getting off five minutes late. The sun was shining, but the wind was making itself noticed, and was expected to increase as the race neared the coastline.
The field was much smaller than the one which started the day before. Nine riders abandoned yesterday, and 12 riders didn't take to the start today: Glenn D'Hollander (Silence-Lotto), Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Maarten Tjallingii (Silence-Lotto), Thomas Fothen and Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner), Daniele Bennati (Liquigas), Mickaël Delage and Jelle Vanendert (Française des Jeux), Matti Breschel and Jurgen Van Goolen (CSC-Saxo Bank), and Aurélien Clerc and Oliver Bonnaire (Bouygues Telecom).
Only 19 km into the race, a duo escaped. Lars Ytting Bak of CSC-Saxo Bank and Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas) built up a lead of up to 7'40 before the peloton reacted and Team Columbia led the chase.
The two escapees naturally took the points at the first two intermediate sprints, but the third place and one bonus second for each went to Columbia's Edvald Boasson Hagen. That was enough to pull the Norwegian even with his team-mate Andre Greipel, who held the overall lead.
The wind increased as the stage neared the coast, as expected, and the peloton was frequently pulled apart or broken into smaller groups. The high chasing pace did its part, too, to break up the field.
With about 57 km to go, there was a definite break, with about 40 riders pulling away. They moved quickly and soon cut the escapees' lead to two and a half minutes, while putting in some time on their following group. Columbia was well-represented in the first chase group, with Greipel, Michael Rogers, Roger Hammond and Servais Knaven – but no Boasson Hagen, who missed the cut and thereby lost all chances of taking the overall win.
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The two leaders sat up with 40 km to go and let the chase group, led by Quick Step, catch them. The next group was about a minute back.
At the last intermediate sprint, Greipel sprinted out to take the points and bonus seconds, to keep them in the team. Jurgen Roelandts of Silence Lotto was second, with Jose Ivan Gutierrez third.
The chasing group had given up hope of catching the lead group, and crossed the finish line to start on the closing circuit about five minutes back.
Benoit Joachim of Astana took off in the bike lane at the side of the road with 12 km to go, but he was not able to get away.
A Quick Step rider tested the waters at four kilometres to go, but was quickly chased down. An Astana rider tried too, but Quick Step rode him down.
With only a few hundred meters to go, Carlo Westphal of Gerolsteiner shot ahead, surprising the others who were unable to respond in time. The youngster took the sprint by several bike lengths for his first pro win.
Photography
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- Borut Bozic (Liquigas)
- Yauheni Hutarovich (FdJ) the Belarus champion.
- Markus Eichler (Milram)
- Timothy Gudsell (FdJ)
- Polish riders Michal Golas (Collstrop) and Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas) before the start.
- Yoann Offredo (FdJ) was sporting some pretty extreme bedhead.
- Andre Greipel (Columbia) and Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) head to the start.
- Jimmy Engoulvent (Credit Agricole) and Arnaud Coyot (Caisse d'Eparnge)
- Team Columbia's Servais Knaven and Edvald Boasson Hagen prepare for an arduous day.
- Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank) tests his radio.
- Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) is still within a shot of the overall.
- Yohann Gène (Bouygues Telecom) has his game face on.
- Luciano Pagliarini (Scott-American Beef) looks excited to start stage five.
- Lars Bak (CSC) was on the attack again.
- Team Columbia leads the bunch.
- The peloton split into two and the back group didn't want to work.
- Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) rolls out with the peloton.
- Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Andre Greipel (Columbia) leads Jurgen Roelandts (Silence Lotto)
- The breakaway: Lars Bak (CSC) and Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas)
- Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas) made up half of the day's break.
- Team Columbia has control at kilometre 48.
- The chase hasn't quite started yet at kilometre 45.
- The pace was relaxed at the start
- Mathieu Claude (Bouygues Telecom) rolls out from Ardooie.
- Claude and Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) head out for the 167km stage.
- Lars Bak (CSC) was ready for action.
- The Quick Step train picks up steam.
- The breakaway: Lars Bak (CSC) and Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas) stayed away until 40km to go.
- The bunch began closing in under pressure from Team Columbia.
- Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas) takes a turn.
- Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank) follows through.
- The Quick Step train is at full steam in Pervijse
- Frank Hoj (Cofidis) leads through the turn.
- Marlon Perez (Caisse d'Epargne)
- The peloton heads up one of the many small hills.
- Quick Step prepares for the hard work ahead.
- Carlo Westphal (Gerolsteiner) rides alongside Benoit Joachim (Astana)
- The Quick Step train fell apart in the sprint allowing Westphal to take the win.
- Westphal hits the line first…
- He looks over to see nobody ahead of him.
- He can't even believe he won.
- 22-year-old Carlo Westphal gets his first pro win.
- There's no time for a salute by Westphal.
- Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) wasn't happy with his result.
- David Kopp (Collstrop) shows the effort of a very fast stage.
- Jurgen Roelandts heads to the podium.
- Carlo Westphal gets help from his Gerolsteiner soigneur on his way to the podium.
- Carlo Westphal (Gerolsteiner) got a nice result at a time when new contracts will be signed.
- Andre Greipel (Columbia) got another penguin and another leader's jersey.
- Andre Greipel (Columbia) leads the Eneco Tour.
- Jurgen Roelandts (Silence Lotto) took over the points jersey.
Results
1 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.57.38 (43.337 km/h) 2 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 4 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 5 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 7 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 9 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 10 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 11 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 14 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 15 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 16 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 17 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 20 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 21 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 22 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 23 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 24 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 25 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 26 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 27 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 28 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 29 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 30 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 31 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 32 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 33 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Columbia 34 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 35 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Columbia 36 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 37 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 0.09 38 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.20 39 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.27 40 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.43 41 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.45 42 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 44 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Scott - American Beef 45 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 46 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 47 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 48 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 49 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 50 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Scott - American Beef 51 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef 52 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Scott - American Beef 53 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 54 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef 55 Franck Rénier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia 57 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 58 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 59 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 60 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 61 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 62 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 63 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 64 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 65 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 66 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 67 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef 68 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 69 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre 70 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 71 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef 72 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 73 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 74 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 75 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 76 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 77 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 78 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 80 Beñat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 81 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 82 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana 83 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 84 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 85 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 86 Andoni Lafuente Olaguibel (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 87 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 88 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 89 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef 90 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 92 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 93 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 94 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 95 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 96 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 97 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 98 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 99 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 100 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 101 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 102 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 103 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 104 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 105 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 106 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 107 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 108 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 109 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 110 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 111 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 112 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 113 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram DNF Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas DNF Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas DNF Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop DNF Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNS Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto DNS Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step DNS Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas DNS Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux DNS Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux DNS Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank DNS Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank DNS Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom DNS Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Sprints 1 1 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8 pts 2 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 5 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 3 2 1 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 8 pts 2 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 3 3 1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 8 pts 2 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 5 3 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 Finish 1 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 pts 2 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 25 3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 22 4 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 19 5 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 17 6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 15 7 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 8 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 12 9 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 11 10 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 10 Teams 1 Rabobank 11.52.54 2 Skil - Shimano 3 Quick Step 4 Team Columbia 5 Astana 6 Cycle - Collstrop 0.29 7 AG2R La Mondiale 14.45 8 Liquigas 9 Team CSC Saxo Bank 10 Silence - Lotto 15.12 11 Bouygues Telecom 29.30 12 Lampre 13 Caisse d`Épargne 14 Crédit Agricole 15 Française des Jeux 16 Team Milram 17 Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone 44.15 18 Scott - American Beef 19 Euskaltel - Eusdaki General classification after stage 5 1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 21.57.26 2 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.11 3 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.12 4 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 0.16 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 0.18 6 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.21 8 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 0.22 9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 10 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.24 11 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 12 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.27 13 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 0.31 14 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 15 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 16 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 0.32 17 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.34 18 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 0.35 19 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 20 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.44 21 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Columbia 22 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Columbia 0.46 23 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 24 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0.48 25 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 0.50 26 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.51 27 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.57 28 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.19 29 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.49 30 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 1.59 31 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 2.11 32 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 2.46 33 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3.11 34 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 3.36 35 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 3.58 36 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 7.42 37 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12.38 38 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 13.04 39 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 13.37 40 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 14.48 41 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 15.05 42 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 15.09 43 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15.10 44 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 15.13 45 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 15.14 46 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15.17 47 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15.19 48 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 15.20 49 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 15.23 50 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef 15.24 51 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 52 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 15.25 53 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 15.29 54 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.31 55 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15.32 56 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 15.33 57 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 15.38 58 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 15.40 59 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.46 60 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15.51 61 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15.52 62 Franck Rénier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.53 63 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.58 64 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 16.43 65 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.04 66 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 17.12 67 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 17.19 68 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 17.21 69 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 17.24 70 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17.32 71 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.36 72 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef 17.37 73 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Scott - American Beef 17.41 74 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 17.42 75 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef 19.23 76 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 22.59 77 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 23.18 78 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 23.27 79 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 23.32 80 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24.54 81 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 25.22 82 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 25.44 83 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27.12 84 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia 27.19 85 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 86 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27.22 87 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 27.23 88 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 89 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 90 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef 27.24 91 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 27.29 92 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 93 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Scott - American Beef 27.37 94 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 27.45 95 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27.46 96 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 27.59 97 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 28.13 98 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana 99 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 28.19 100 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28.28 101 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre 28.50 102 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29.33 103 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 29.38 104 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30.30 105 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef 30.44 106 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 33.33 107 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35.05 108 Beñat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35.13 109 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35.15 110 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Scott - American Beef 35.26 111 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 112 Andoni Lafuente Olaguibel (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35.29 113 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 35.37 Sprint classification 1 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 96 pts 2 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 86 3 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 75 4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 74 5 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 58 6 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 32 7 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 8 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 26 9 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 25 10 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 24 11 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 24 12 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 23 13 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 23 14 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 18 15 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef 16 16 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 15 17 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 18 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 19 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 13 20 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 13 21 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 13 22 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef 13 23 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 12 24 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 10 25 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 10 26 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 27 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 28 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 8 29 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 30 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 31 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 3 32 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 Teams classification 1 Team Columbia 65.53.15 2 Quick Step 0.09 3 Rabobank 0.11 4 Astana 0.12 5 Skil - Shimano 0.27 6 Cycle - Collstrop 1.02 7 Liquigas 15.07 8 Silence - Lotto 15.22 9 Team CSC Saxo Bank 15.29 10 AG2R La Mondiale 17.57 11 Caisse d`Épargne 29.29 12 Crédit Agricole 29.31 13 Bouygues Telecom 30.37 14 Team Milram 32.15 15 Française des Jeux 33.57 16 Scott - American Beef 48.58 17 Lampre 58.11 18 Euskaltel - Eusdaki 1.09.43 19 Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone 1.10.57
